A “hiero” in the White House: Antonio Redfern Pucci on Trump’s resemblance to a Greek tyrant. Trump lines pockets with one sentence in new law, buried 700+ pages deep. Nancy LeTourneau on Trump’s criminally-inspired approach to deal-making. Trump just publicly accused the FBI of having conspired against him. Does Trump live in an alternate reality? Some believe that the president is so divorced from actual governance that his statements have limited consequences — but that isn’t the case. Tom Friedman on The Trump Doctrine: “Obama built it. I broke it. You fix it”. Trump is not the failure he appears to be: A lot of people laughed when the president claimed to be “ahead of schedule”, but he’s not wrong.
Trump’s military family scandal reveals the profound ugliness of his character. “Kelly confirms Trump said ‘he knew what he was getting into’ but instead of criticizing Trump 4 lying, he attacked woman who exposed his lie”. The real John Kelly: His freewheeling press conference proved that there are no adults in the room.
